Category Archives: Only the Short

Short Posts

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A Great Day is A Blessed Day

Have you ever awoken in the morning and made the commitment to have a great day regardless of what was thrown at you?

You step outside to get the paper and rather than saying, “Damn its cold,” you say instead, “Oh look how beautifully the sun sparkles on the snow”. You tackle the taxes and determine it wasn’t such a chore, and that you shouldn’t have put it off. You pay the bills without going into the red; even having some money left over to transfer into savings.  The dishes get done, the laundry gets sorted and you haven’t raised your voice even once.  Hour by hour you work at keeping your commitment.  It is going to be a great day.

Then the phone rings and the world stops, just for a precious moment, held still by comprehension’s slow process.  You take a breath and the crying begins, sadness and joy combating inside your heart and brain.  You know that the day could have been worse, that you have been blessed, but the moment of fear is still etched in your mind.  You know that all will be well again, just not until after the suffering, the struggle and the remorse. You have teenagers and a great day is one where they are blessedly safe.

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Reflect

Light From Above *

Take the time to reflect on the hard work you have done today.

Take the time to reflect on the many blessings you have received through your hard work.

Take the time to reflect on the All Mighty that gives you the opportunity to work, the ability to work and the blessings you receive from that work.

In His name, have compassion for those who do not have the opportunity to work, have not been taught to work, or do not have the ability to work.  In His name, all things are possible, but without compassion, in other words – charity, nothing good is possible.

Take the time to reflect…

* For more from the artist, visit Ayla’s Allegories.

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Christian’s not Acting Christ-like

It appears to me that a lot of Christians aren’t reading their scriptures and taking Christ’s message to heart, as there is way to much fear and loathing going around especially in the political world.

Here are two of my favorites scriptures from the King James version of the Bible.

“Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.”  John 14:27

“A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another.” John 13:34

You notice that the second scripture does not specify which “type” of people to love, but instead infers to love all.

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To News or Not To News

I have been pondering the idea of reading my Facebook News Feed on news.

It is a dilemma, do I read the news and chance getting irritated, thus needing to blog about the irritation, or do I go to bed believing that for the moment there is no irritations in the world?

I chanced a peek at the news feed and immediately saw an article about The Simpsons.   If that is tonight’s big news story, then the world must be at peace for the moment and I can go to sleep.

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Tit for Tat

During the recent congressional hearing on the issue of the whether President Obama had violated the first amendment by requireing Catholic hospitals to cover services such as birth control,  Rep. Darrell Issa was reported by ABC News to have “pointed out that Democrats barred Republican witnesses when they were in the majority.”*  This was his argument for why the panel was so one sided.

Well kudos to him for lowering the bar to kindergarten level politics.  It is no wonder the public has such a low opinion of the Congress.

 

*Quoted from the ABC article Rep. Darrell Issa Bars Minority Witness, a Woman, on Contraception by Tom Shine

http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2012/02/rep-darrell-issa-bars-minority-witness-a-woman-on-contraception-2/